It's a cloudy early morning with fog in places as well. Forecasts do tell us to expect some sunshine though today so perhaps it will clear up. Temperatures again expected to be approaching 20 degrees in the village.

The continued warmer conditions means that snow continues to quickly melt away from the mountainsides and resorts are busy working with the available snow to keep things going at the moment. It appears to be something of a struggle - there's only so much you can do when there's just not enough snow to work with!

Quite a bit of news from the Hakuba 47 resort -- today will be the last day for their Gondola, Line AB and Line C lifts. They are also noting that there is a good chance that Route 2, Route 5 and Route 8 may need to close during the day today depending on the snow situation. Because of this they are strongly recommending that people get up to the snow via Hakuba Goryu today. From tomorrow only the top Line E lift of Hakuba 47 will remain open, but you'll need to get up there via the Gondola of Hakuba Goryu. Hope that makes sense!

It's all getting rather limited now. That's what you get with a smaller-than-usual base.

Resort news as of 8:45am on Sunday 24th April 2016 (where available, all subject to change due to weather conditions)

Hakuba 47:The following courses currently remain open: Route 2, Route 4, Route 5, Route 8.There's a chance some of them might close during the day today.Get the Gondola back down to base.From tomorrow just the top lift will remain operating, accessed via Hakuba Goryu.Official snow depth:Upper: 40cmBase: -cm

Hakuba Goryu:The top area of Goryu remains open - Panorama, Grand Prix and part of Super course.The lower main Toomi and Iimori areas are now closed. Get the Gondola back down to base.Official snow depthAlps: 105cmToomi: -cmIimori: -cm

Tsugaike Kogen:The top Upper Han-no-ki and part of Tsuga-no-mori courses remain open.All other courses are now closed.The top Tsugaike Ropeway is open for spring season (note: extra charge required).Official snow depth:Tsuga-no-mori: 80cmMaruyama: -cmKane-no-naru-oka: -cm